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Italian vs Maltese


Maltese vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Malta  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  

Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
Latin  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
16  
6
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
Ħello  

Thank You
grazie  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
Kif int?  

Good Night
buonanotte  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
buonasera  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
Per Favore  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
scusate  
Skużani!  

Bye
arrivederci  
Ċaw  

I Love You
Ti amo  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
21
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
0.52 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
22
Not Available  

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
20
Not Available  

Native Name
Italiano  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Malti  

French Name
italien  
maltais  

German Name
Italienisch  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Maltese  

History

Origin
960 BC  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Semitic  

Branch
Not Available  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Maltese  

Language Position
27  
23
Not Available  

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
ita  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
itas  
Not Available  

Glottocode
ital1282  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Italian and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Maltese language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC whereas history of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Italian and Maltese Language History.

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Italian and Maltese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Italian and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Maltese language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Italian vs Maltese Difficulty

The Italian vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian Alphabets and Maltese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Italian and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.

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